MADRID, Spain, October 24, 2026. Every port town has its legends: a lighthouse at the edge of the world, a star that guides ships home, creatures half human and half fish glimpsed from the deck at dusk. "Canguros" ("Kangaroos"), a track by Mike Sain't Louis, collects those stories one by one, each introduced with the same two words, «Dicen que», they say that. «Dicen que hay un límite en el mundo / Dicen que hay un faro en la bahía». They say the world has an edge; they say there is a lighthouse in the bay.
Then, with a straight face, the song adds its most delightful claim: «Y dicen que en la luna hay canguros / Saltando entre galaxias». And they say there are kangaroos on the moon, leaping between galaxies.
The grammar of rumour
The repeated «Dicen que» is the key to the whole song. It is the formula of folk tales and gossip, of grandmothers' stories and sailors' yarns. Nothing in the lyric is presented as fact; everything is hearsay. And the narrator listens to all of it with a mixture of wonder and scepticism. When told about mermaids and mermen, «Dicen que hay sirenas y sirenos», the reply comes at once: «Mírame a los ojos / No te creo». Look me in the eyes; I don't believe you.
The masculine «sirenos», mermen, is a small, playful queer touch. Folklore has always been full of mermaids; the song simply makes room for their male counterparts, as if the sea had always been more diverse than the old stories admitted.
The one legend that matters
Among all the rumours, one is different. «Dicen que lo más bonito del mundo / Es cuando alguien dice que te quiero». They say the most beautiful thing in the world is when someone says I love you. This is the only legend the narrator seems to want to believe, and it changes the song's tone from fairy tale to love story.
The final verses reveal what is at stake. Someone has left, or is about to leave, and has promised to come back: «Dicen que te encontraré de nuevo / Vuelve / Prometiste / Te espero». They say I will find you again. Come back. You promised. I'm waiting. Next to kangaroos on the moon, the promise sounds both just as improbable and infinitely more precious.
The call of the sea
Between the verses, a refrain pulls the narrator away: «Y vuelvo a escuchar / El canto del mar / Me tengo que ir». I hear the song of the sea again; I have to go. And yet: «Y al verte aquí / No me puedo despedir». Seeing you here, I cannot say goodbye. It is the eternal dilemma of sailors and travellers, torn between the horizon and the person on the quay.
A planet where anything is possible
"Canguros" fits beautifully within Planeta Gayfolk, the imaginary queer universe at the centre of Mike Sain't Louis's work. The planet is a place where the impossible becomes ordinary, where nobody has to justify who they are, and where love between any two people is simply love. A world with lunar kangaroos and mermen in the bay is a natural neighbour.
The song also reflects something tender about the catalogue as a whole: a willingness to be playful and sincere at the same time. It laughs at its own legends while taking the heart of them seriously.
The video: a cosmic menagerie
The official video embraces the fantasy completely. Kangaroos bound across clouds and the surface of the moon, swimmers glide underwater, a merman rests on a beach at dusk, rainbow flags fly in a swirling sky. The photograph accompanying this release is one of its most spectacular frames: a pack of kangaroos and riders leaping in a line through deep space above a glowing planet, against a column of starlight. It is the song's most improbable rumour, confirmed on screen.
For dreamers of all ages
With its fairy-tale structure and its simple, singable refrain, "Canguros" works almost as a bedtime story for adults. It is ideal for those moments of waiting, for a message, a return, a sign, when believing in something improbable is exactly what keeps us going.
Free listening and downloads
"Canguros" can be streamed and downloaded at no cost and without registration from mikesaintlouis.com and from the free shop at gayfolkplanet.com. The lyric is published unaltered on gayfolkplanet.com together with the official video.
- Lyric and video: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/canguros
- About the song (in Spanish): https://mikesaintlouis.com/blog/canguros
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
- Free shop: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
About Mike Sain't Louis: lyricist, composer and music producer based in Madrid, creator of GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk. He presents himself as the first AI songwriter («el primer cantautor IA»): he writes the lyrics, and the music and vocal performance are made with AI. Label: MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. Distribution: Ditto Music. Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com · Press: https://gayfolkplanet.com/prensa · Free music: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas and https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda